2007年VOA标准英语-Computer Sales Seek to Aid Developing World
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Washington
26 September 2007
Nicholas Negroponte is the founding director of the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And he is chairman of a nonprofit organization aiming to provide inexpensive computers to children in the developing world. But perhaps more than anything else, Nicholas Negroponte is a determined 1 optimist 2. VOA's Paul Sisco has more.
Nicholas Negroponte has a grand vision for the future. Give all the world's children a laptop computer, Internet access, and in 10 years. "Poverty will be eliminated, and there will be world peace," he adds.
Negroponte chairs a nonprofit organization called One Laptop Per Child. It aims to educate the world's poorest children with these durable 3 low-cost, energy efficient laptops.
Fortune Magazine's David Kirkpatrick says, "It really is the first time that anybody has built a machine specifically for poor kids in quantity."
Production costs of the so called $100 laptops are actually around $188. And for two weeks in November, North Americans will be able to buy two for about $400. The plan announced earlier this week is called "Give One Get One." For every laptop bought, one is shipped to a child in the developing world. The buyer gets a $200 tax deduction 4. The computers can be hand cranked and charged with solar power. That led one boy in a focus group to say they even prevent global warming.
(Children)
'You can use it for your homework.'
'You can do kid stuff on it.'
'And I can pick it up. See??'
Nicholas Negroponte added, "If you think of it as a laptop, it can be viewed as a luxury. If you think of it as education, it's not a luxury."
Several governments have shown interest in the computers. Negroponte says he believes the new marketing 5 effort will prompt those governments to buy the computers.
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
- We are optimist and realist.我们是乐观主义者，又是现实主义者。
- Peter,ever the optimist,said things were bound to improve.一向乐观的皮特说，事情必定是会好转的。
- This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
- They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。
- No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.因病请假不扣工资。
- His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.他的推断使他得出正确的结论。